24 - A matched pair of Georgian silver candlesticks.

A matched pair of Georgian silver candlesticks. London, 1735 and 1769. Both cast candlesticks raised on shaped, square bases and designed with knopped stems and spool-shaped sockets, together with an unassociated pair of unmarked nozzles, the George II candlestick with indistinct maker's mark and engraved with coat of arms to base, the George III candlestick by John Carter II and engraved with crest to base, 17.5 and 17.3cm high (exc. nozzles), approx. 21cm high with nozzles, total weight approx. 34ozt (2) Arms: The armorial on the earlier candlestick is that of Du Cane impaling a probable variant of Norris identifiable with Peter Du Cane of Braxted Park, Essex who married Mary Norris in 1735. The crest on the later example would fit with the date of the marriage of his eldest son, also Peter (1741-1823), who married Phoebe Treadcraft in 1769. The Du Cane family, of Huguenot extraction and prominent merchants in the City of London, purchased Braxted Park in 1745 and sold it in 1919. (With thanks to Pursuivant Research)